Police clash with protesters outside a fundraising event for 好色tv Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in Toronto, Friday, March 15, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdorey
AMAToronto police made an arrest on Friday as a large crowd of pro-Palestinian demonstrators rallied outside a downtown hotel where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was appearing at a Liberal party fundraiser.
Protest organizers had earlier promised to disrupt the event at the King Edward Hotel, insisting in a statement that the Liberal Party of Canada could not proceed with "business as usual" amid the Israel-Hamas war.
In Toronto earlier this month, a weekend reception at the Art Gallery of Ontario, featuring Trudeau and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, was cancelled after demonstrators blocked entrances.
Police described Friday's rally as a "large demonstration" that forced closures. One person was arrested for mischief, police said.
As protesters assembled outside the hotel, many waving Palestinian flags, Trudeau was in a nearby Irish pub, hoisting what appeared to be pint of Guinness ahead of St. Patrick's Day on Sunday.
The prime minister then entered the hotel through a side entrance, before making a brief speech to party supporters.
In an interview ahead of the event, Dalia Awwad of the Palestinian Youth Movement said protest organizers had expected a large turnout as this was the first Friday in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, adding that people had plenty of warning about the event.
"With the AGO action, folks had less notice about it taking place,鈥 she said, referring to the rally outside the art gallery earlier this month.
This report by 好色tvwas first published March 15, 2024.
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